Chapter 5

Question 1

Pressure Types

Answer 1

Lithostatic Pressure - Pressure caused by the pressure of rock transmitted through grain-grain contact.
Hydrostatic Pressure - Pressure exerted by water at any given point within the fluid at rest.

Question 2

Abornmal pore pressure

Answer 2

1 - Thermal effects
2 - Clay diagnosis
3 - Osmosis 
4 - Tectonism
5 - Depletion

Question 3

Pore Pressure Measurement

Answer 3

1 - Surface pressure during a kick
2 - Log derived fluid densities
3 - Seismic data
4 - Cuttings nature
5 - Shale Density